Self-Publishing Report: The Taleist Survey – Not a Gold Rush: The Self-Publishing survey conducted by Taleist is now complete and available, though I won’t pretend I’m not a little disappointed Taleist has chosen to release the details of the survey in a closed/purchase option via an ebook on Amazon. I appreciate the work Steven Lewis…
Booktango Increase Royalty Program For New and Existing Authors
Author Solutions today announced an extended royalty offer for existing and new authors to its DIY e-book publishing platform, Booktango. The offer will continue for new authors signing up with Booktango until July 4th. From the press release: Authors Earn Maximum E-Book Royalties With Booktango Authors Who Publish by July 4, 2012 Using Booktango’s DIY…
London Book Fair 2012 | Summary
I’m just back from the London Book Fair this evening. What an extraordinary presence from new digital companies in the Digital Zone. I think the most significant piece of data is still to come over the following weeks when LBF announce who was at the book fair. From my perceptive, this was a ‘trade show’ when many…
Guest Post | Amazon vs. Smashwords: Which Is Right for Your Book? | Sarah Rexman
Numerous writers have embraced e-book technology as a way to independently publish their books, reach new markets, and earn greater royalties for their work. Retail giant Amazon has long dominated the market for authors looking to self-publish their e-books, but it has quickly been followed by other e-book publishers, such as Smashwords, Lulu, and BookBaby.…
Publishing Service Index – April 2012 (WTF!! – Are We Witnessing The Mass Migration To Digital Self-Publishing?)
Well, I won’t pretend this month’s index pretty much blew me away. In the three years The Independent Publishing Magazine has been providing this index, I’ve never experienced such a collective downturn by so many self-publishing services at once. I had to run the statistics a number of times over the past few hours to make sure…
Vook Launch eBook Creation Platform
The good news today is that the Vook ebook creation platform came out of beta and went fully live. The cloud-based publishing platform will allow both authors and publishers to distribute ebooks through Vook to Amazon, Apple’s iBookstore and Barnes & Noble. Certainly the strengths of the new Vook platform is the facility to distribute…